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Kourtney Kardashian Attempts to Break the Internet Herself with Her Own Nude Photo Spread

Siblings mimic each other’s behaviors all the time, though, for most families, it’s usually quite innocuous. Maybe you decided to get a Fitbit after your brother went on and on about the wonders of his own over Thanksgiving. Or perhaps you decided to take a cooking class after your sister posted a slew of Facebook photos from a course she took (a few too many photos, probably, as your mother mentioned to you on the phone). Well, in the heightened world of Kardashian-opolis, this sort of thing happens as well, just . . . in relation to nude spreads in major magazines.

Following on the heels of Kim Kardashian’sextensively discussed nude spread for Paper magazine last month, elder sister Kourtney—now pregnant with her third child—has disrobed for DuJour magazine, in a series of artistic shots, taken by photographer Brian Bowen Smith, that would appear significantly less meme-able than Kim’s offerings (though we have faith the Internet will figure something out).

Kourtney told the magazine that she feels her best while pregnant, which is what spurred her to go ahead with the venture. “To me, nudity is not something to be ashamed of,” she said. “I’m not embarrassed of my body. I’m at my best when I’m pregnant. It’s such an amazing feeling, the transformation that your body goes through. There’s something about that that’s so empowering and beautiful and I just really embrace it.” She said she doesn’t think she would have agreed to the shoot if she were not pregnant, as “what appeals to me is celebrating the shape of my body being pregnant and capturing that time in my life. I wanted to do something that felt authentic to me rather than being pushed in a certain direction by somebody else.”

Kim— in the trademark Kardashian supportive-sister manner—posted two of the photos on her Instagram account this morning, writing, “Kourtney is such a beautiful pregnant woman!” and “These pictures are beautiful!!!!!!”